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标题：Lessons from a respiratory illness outbreak in an aged-care facility
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作者：John Turahui ; Cate Wallace ; Paul Corben 等
期刊名称：NSW Public Health Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：1034-7674
电子版ISSN：1834-8610
出版年度：2008
卷号：19
期号：9-10
页码：153-156
出版社：Public Health Division of NSW
摘要：This report outlines practical lessons learnt from an influenza-like outbreak in an aged-care facility in NSW, which affected 26 residents, resulted in 14 hospital admissions and was associated with six deaths. No common causative agent was identified. Key recommendations include: encouraging aged-care facilities to establish mechanisms that improve the early identification of outbreaks and timely implementation of outbreak control strategies; identifying strategies to inform general practitioners of outbreaks if they have patients residing in aged-care facilities; and improving the vaccination coverage of the aged-care workforce.